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<h2 title="Interface Serializer" class="title">Interface Serializer&lt;T&gt;</h2>
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<dl><dt><span class="strong">Type Parameters:</span></dt><dd><code>T</code> - The type of the object being serialized and deserialized.</dd></dl>
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<dd><a href="../../../../org/apache/shiro/io/DefaultSerializer.html" title="class in org.apache.shiro.io">DefaultSerializer</a>, <a href="../../../../org/apache/shiro/io/XmlSerializer.html" title="class in org.apache.shiro.io">XmlSerializer</a></dd>
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<pre>public interface <a href="../../../../src-html/org/apache/shiro/io/Serializer.html#line.32">Serializer</a>&lt;T&gt;</pre>
<div class="block">A <code>Serializer</code> converts objects to raw binary data and vice versa, enabling persistent storage
of objects to files, HTTP cookies, or other mechanism.
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A <code>Serializer</code> should only do conversion, never change the data, such as encoding/decoding or
encryption. These orthogonal concerns are handled elsewhere by Shiro, for example, via
<a href="../../../../org/apache/shiro/codec/CodecSupport.html" title="class in org.apache.shiro.codec"><code>CodecSupport</code></a> and <a href="../../../../org/apache/shiro/crypto/CipherService.html" title="interface in org.apache.shiro.crypto"><code>CipherService</code></a>s.</div>
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<td class="colFirst"><code><a href="../../../../org/apache/shiro/io/Serializer.html" title="type parameter in Serializer">T</a></code></td>
<td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../org/apache/shiro/io/Serializer.html#deserialize(byte[])">deserialize</a></strong>(byte[]&nbsp;serialized)</code>
<div class="block">Converts the specified raw byte[] array back into an original Object form.</div>
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<td class="colFirst"><code>byte[]</code></td>
<td class="colLast"><code><strong><a href="../../../../org/apache/shiro/io/Serializer.html#serialize(T)">serialize</a></strong>(<a href="../../../../org/apache/shiro/io/Serializer.html" title="type parameter in Serializer">T</a>&nbsp;o)</code>
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<pre>byte[]&nbsp;<a href="../../../../src-html/org/apache/shiro/io/Serializer.html#line.42">serialize</a>(<a href="../../../../org/apache/shiro/io/Serializer.html" title="type parameter in Serializer">T</a>&nbsp;o)
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<div class="block">Converts the specified Object into a byte[] array. This byte[] array must be able to be reconstructed
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<pre><a href="../../../../org/apache/shiro/io/Serializer.html" title="type parameter in Serializer">T</a>&nbsp;<a href="../../../../src-html/org/apache/shiro/io/Serializer.html#line.52">deserialize</a>(byte[]&nbsp;serialized)
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<div class="block">Converts the specified raw byte[] array back into an original Object form. This byte[] array is expected to
be the output of a previous <a href="../../../../org/apache/shiro/io/Serializer.html#serialize(T)"><code>serialize</code></a> method call.</div>
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<dd><code><a href="../../../../org/apache/shiro/io/SerializationException.html" title="class in org.apache.shiro.io">SerializationException</a></code> - if an error occurrs converting the raw byte[] array back into an Object.</dd></dl>
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